Hi everyone, I was here in the past and did the South Beach diet successfully... then didn't stay with it as a WOL and gained all my weight back + a few extra pounds. I'm very depressed with the way I feel and look, and know it can be better. I recently had a trip to the DR's office because I was short of breath after being treated for a sinus infection that didn't to want to go away, unbeknown to me that started off a round testing because shortness of breath can be a symptom of heart attack (my mother had her first heart attack when she was just a few years older then I am now. Good news, I wasn't having a heart attack but only the start of walking pneumonia. They treated me for that and sent me on my way. A couple days later the nurse called me advising that my cholesterol was high and the DR wanted me to go on a low fat diet and exercise, my blood sugar was somewhat high as well.. and I have risk factors for diabetes so that is something else I need to try to control. Instead of going back to the Beach I started looking around for low fat diet and haven't found anything that I feel I can "live" with. So, here I am and to stay as this is not just a matter of vanity anymore, it is my heath that I am concerned about. I have 3 months to lower my numbers or I will be put on drugs to lower it for me.. I don't want to have any more rx's. I already take lexapro for depression, 38 and have my 5 children to think about, I need to be here to take care of them... and my husband.
So, I have come back here a few times since falling off and continued to slack off so stayed away. I need to have accountability for what I'm doing and this board was great when I was in the right frame of mind and really doing it right. If you will all have me, i'm back to STAY